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Article: Highlanders' defense prevails in showdown Despite key injuries,undefeated Homestead manages shutout against Bay
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- October 15, 2009
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By STEVEN L. TIETZ
Down two linebackers to begin with, then a defensive back in the
second half, Homestead defensive coordinator Fritz Rauch was looking
for somebody -- anybody -- to step up Friday night as the
Highlanders were nursing a tenuous 7-0 second half lead over
Whitefish Bay.
As it turned out, he did find some people -- many people, in fact
-- as the Highlanders held Bay to just 29 yards and one first down
in the second half and made that score hold up as Homestead (5-0 in
North Shore and 7-0 overall), secured the undisputed lead in the
North Shore Conference over the visiting Blue Dukes (4-1, 5-2).
"In the first half, we had our problems on first and second downs
despite the fact ...